Freedom to Taunt Our Enemies

Flemming Rose, culture editor for the Danish Jyllands-Posten newspaper that drew the ire of Jihadists by publishing the infamous Mohammed cartoons, responds to Osama Bin Laden’s latest threat:

What kind of civilization are we, after all, if we refrain from mocking and ridiculing bin Laden and his followers?

I’ve said so myself before.

Glenn aptly answers Rose’s question:

A pretty sorry one. Which, I fear, would suit some people fine.

Sadly so.

Prime Mover

Inspirational song lyrics of the day: Rush’s “Prime Mover”, from the Hold Your Fire album:

“Prime Mover”

Basic elemental instinct to survive
Stirs the higher passions
Thrill to be alive

Alternating currents in a tidewater surge
Rational resistance to an unwise urge

Anything can happen…

From the point of conception
To the moment of truth
At the point of surrender
To the burden of proof

From the point of ignition
To the final drive
The point of the journey is not to arrive

Anything can happen…

Basic temperamental filters on our eyes
Alter our perceptions
Lenses polarize

Alternating currents force a show of hands
Rational responses force a change of plans

Anything can happen…

From a point on the compass
To magnetic north
The point of the needle moving back and forth

From the point of entry
Until the candle is burned
The point of departure is not to return

Anything can happen…

I set the wheels in motion
Turn up all the machines
Activate the programs
And run behind the scene

I set the clouds in motion
Turn up light and sound
Activate the window
And watch the world go ‘round

From the point of conception
To the moment of truth
At the point of surrender
To the burden of proof

From the point of ignition
To the final drive
The point of a journey
Is not to arrive

Anything can happen…

Obama's Grandmother: "Typical White Person"?

Geez.

Think about it: can you imagine any Presidential candidate, in any context, describing anyone as a “typical black person?” Or a “typical Asian person?” Worse, what Obama said was that the “typical white person” views others of different races with fear and suspicion. Obama appears to be digging himself in deeper and deeper.

c/o Instapundit

And Glenn later notes that some are already cashing in on the gaffe. T-shirts anyone? Heh indeed.